Connection for planters to tractors



July 1, 1941. c. c. HAAS CONNECTION FOR PLANTERS TO TRACTORS Filed Jan. 28, 1939 Inventor CzarezzceCA/lzas. T

M W w Patented July 1, 1941 CONNECTION FOR PLAN TERS T'O TR/ACTORS Clarence C. Haas, Richmond, Ind., assignor to International Harvester Company, a corporation of New Jersey Application January 28, 1939, Serial N 0. 253,390

16 Claims.

This invention relates to a construction for attaching a planter to a tractor. More specifically, it relates to a universal connection for a sheave-carrying beam to the draw-bar of a tractor.

In planters of the type such as disclosed in the copending application to Alexus C. Lindgren, Serial No. 242,203, filed November 5, 1938, which has a beam of considerable length attached at the rear of the tractor upon which beam are mounted check-wire sheaves, there is the problem of the proper connection of this beam to the tractor. For the proper operation of the planter, the beam must be kept on a transverse line with respect to the tractor and yet it must be allowed some tilting movement as well as fore and aft movement, just as the planter itself has movement with respect to the tractor.

An object of the present invention is the provision of a connection for a transverse sheavecarrying beam to a tractor.

Another object of the invention is to provide a movable connection for a sheave-carrying beam to the draw-bar of a tractor.

Still another object of the invention is the provision of an attaching construction for a sheave-carrying beam to the tractor which will allow the beam a certain amount of tilting and fore and aft movement and yet maintain the beam in transverse alinement with respect to the tractor.

According to the present invention, a U-shaped member having arcuate sides ispivotally connected by its ends to the draw-bar of a tractor. A sheave-carrying beam is positioned immediately rearwardly of this U-shaped member and has attached thereto pairs of rollers which embrace the arcuate sides of the U-shaped member. A spindle is fixed to the central portion of the beam and has its lower end fitting loosely in a hole in the draw-bar of the tractor. The weight of the beam is carried on the draw-bar through the spindle. A planter attachment is also connected to the spindle. With. this arrangement, the sheave-carrying beam is allowed a certain amount of lateral tilting with respect to the tractor through the movement of the rollers along the sides of the U-shaped member and a certain amount of fore and aft movement by virtue of the pivoting of the U-shaped member.

In the drawing,

Figure 1 is a plan view, showing a sheavecarrying beam as well as portions of a planter with which it is associated and the draw-bar of a tractor to which it is. attached;

planter.

Figure 2 is a section taken along the line 2-2 V of Figure 1; and,

Figure 3 is a section taken along the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

The reference numeral Ill designates the U-shaped draw-bar of a tractor, which is not otherwise shown except for rear Wheels II and I2. A member I3 is bolted to the draw-bar l0 and has upstanding ends M to which are attached the ends of a U-shaped member l5. This member has arcuate sides It, and extends in a vertical plane. A sheave-carrying beam l8 of considerable length is positioned rearwardly of the member l5. Pairs of bracket members I9 are secured to the beam l8 and have mounted thereon stub shafts 20, on which are mounted rollers 2|. These rollers embrace the arcuate sides Iii of theU-shaped member l5. A bracket member 23 is secured at the middle of the beam it, in which is mounted a spindle 24. The end of th spindle has a loose fit in a hole 25 in a piece 26 secured on top of the member I3. This Piece in reality constitutes an extension of the draw-bar IS. A part 28 is also secured to the spindle 24 and forms the means by which the planter, not shown in the present application but described in detail in the aforementioned copending application of Alexus C. Lindgren, isattached to the draw-bar ll] of the tractor.

' Suflice it to say for the purposes of the present application that the planter is of the usualtype comprising check-heads and seed-depositing mechanisms and has a pivotal attachment to the tractor through the connection of the part 3 28 with the spindle 24.

Planting is not always done over level ground. In certain cases where the tractor and planter are being driven into or out of a depression, the planter is allowed to move upwardly or down- .wardly with respect to the planter because of the loose fit of the pin 24 in the opening in the piece 26. The check-wire sheaves and the beam 18 carrying them should be allowed the same movement for satisfactory operation of the The attachment of the beam 18 to the bracket member 23 and the spindle 24 allows the beam the same movement up and down as the planter. The movement of the sheaves and the beam l8, however, will be slightly fore and aft and this is permitted because of the pivotal attachment of the U-shaped member 15 to the draw-bar II]. In many cases, there will be some lateral tilting of the planter with respect to the tractor When the planter is moving over' sidesloping ground. In this event the beam [8 is also allowed to tilt from side to side, the arcuate side I6 of the U-shaped member I5 allowing the rollers 2| to move up and down. The transverse tilting of the beam I8 is effected about a center somewhat above the contact of the spindle 24 with the piece 26 because of the spindles loose fit in the hole 25. This center will be generally on the center of curvatures of the arcuate sides I6 of the U-shaped member I5.

As is fully disclosed in the aforementioned copending application of Alexus C. Lindgren, the tractor is turned at the end of a row, and the turning of the beam I8 and check-wire sheaves with the tractor and in respect to the planter allows the release of the check-wire from the sheaves. Consequently, it is'important that the beam I8 be maintained in a transverse position with respect to the tractor at all times apart from its ability to tilt laterally and fore and aft. 7

The beam I 8 is kept in the proper transverse position by virtue of its connection to the drawbar I 0 through the U-shaped bar member I5 and rollers 2|. It will be seen from inspection of the drawing that the beam I8 always occupies a position parallel to the U-shaped member I5. The u-shaped member I5 is pivotally attached by its ends to the upstanding ends I4 of the member I3 attached to the draw-bar Ill. The pivot axis of the member I5 is consequently on a transverse axis with respect to the tractor. Since the beam I8 is kept parallel to the member I5, the beam also pivots about the same transverse axis and'consequently is kept continually transverse of the tractor and the line of draft.

It will be seen from the above description that.

a novel connection for a sheave-carrying beam to a tractor has been provided. By virtue of the connection, the beam is allowed certain lateral and fore and aft tilting, but has its transverse alinement with respect to the tractor maintained; The intention is to limit the invention only' within the terms of the appended claims.

What is claimed is: v

1. The combination with a tractor having a draw-bar having an opening, of a U-shaped' member having arcuate sides and pivotally attached tov the -draw-bar by its 'ends so as to extend vertically, a sheave-carrying beam positioned in spaced parallel relation to the U-shaped member, pairs of bracket members secured to the beam and one pair being spaced from the other a distance equal to the spacing between the arcuate sides of the U-shaped member, pairs of rollers rotatably mounted between the bracket members of each pair and engaging the arcuate sides of the U-shaped member, a spindle secured to said sheave carrying beam and having an end thereof fitting loosely in the opening in the drawbar, and a part on said spindle engaging the draw-bar.

2. The combination with a tractor having a part in which there is an opening, of a U-shaped member having arcuate sides and pivotally secured byits ends to the rear of the tractor so as to extend in a generally vertical plane, a check-wire sheave-carrying beam positioned rearwardly of and generally parallel to the U- shaped'member, pairs of rollers secured to the beam in spaced relation thereto so as to embrace the arcuate sides of the U-shaped member, a spindle secured to the beam and having an end fittingloosely in said opening in the tractor, and apart on said spindle engaging the tractor.

3. The combination with a tractor, of a U- shaped member having arcuate sides and connected by its ends to the tractor, a sheave-carrying beam loosely mounted at its center on the tractor, and pairs of rollers secured to the beam and embracing the arcuate sides of the U-shaped member.

4. The combination with a tractor, of a sheavecarrying beam loosely supported at. substantially its mid-point on the tractor, and. means con necting the tractor and the beam for maintaining the beam in. a line transverse of the tractor and arranged to provide for tilting movement of the beam from side to side and bodily movement in forward and rearward directions.

5. The combination specified in claim 4, the means including a member pivotally attached to the tractor on a substantially transverse axis;

6. The combination specified in claim 4, the means including a member pivotally attached to the tractor on a substantially transverse axis and rollers fixed with respect to the beam and engaging the member.

'7. In combination, a tractor, a support on the tractor, a cross bar having check-wire sheaves at its ends, and means for connecting the bar 9. The combination with a tractor, of a vertical 5 member pivotally secured to the tractor on a transverse axis, and a sheave-carrying beam extending transversely of, the' tractor and connected to the member.

10. The combination with a tractor, of a sub- I stantially vertically arranged member connected 'to the tractor and having curved sides and a sheave-carrying beam associated with the member at its curved sides; I

11. The combination with a tractor, of a vertical member pivotally connected to the tractor and having curved sides and a sheave-carrying beam extending generally paralllel to the pivot axis of the member on the tractor and associated with the member at its curved sides.

12. The combination with a tractor, of a vertical member pivotally connected to the tractor on a transverse axis, and a sheave-carrying beam extending transversely of the tractor and con nected to the sides of the member for movement relative to the member.

13. The combination with a tractor, of sub-' stantially vertically arranged means pivotally connected to the tractor and having curved por-' tions, and a sheave carrying' beam associate with the means at the curved portions.

14. The combination with atractor, of 'substantially vertically arranged means pivotally the rear of the tractor on a transverse axis, and a sheav -carrying beamextending transversely tractor, means pivotally connected at the rear of the tractor on a transverse axis and having arcuate portions, and a sheave-carrying beam extending transversely of the tractor at the rear 5 thereof and connected to the means at its arcuate portions for lateral tilting and pivoting about the transverse axis of the means in accordance with the lateral tilting and up-and-down movement of the planter and. also for maintenance in 10 a line transverse of the tractor.

CLARENCE C. HAAS. 

